H.E. Toyeoi Shigeeda joined the Diplomatic Council at a very early stage in 2012, when Diplomatic Council was founded. At that time he was Consul General of Japan, before he was promoted Ambassador in 2015.

Since those early days he guided the Diplomatic Council growing into the diplomatic world globally. He was instrumental in laying the ground for the Diplomatic Council's development from the very beginning til its global reach.

Today H.E. Toyeoi Shigeeda serves as the Japanese Ambassador to Luthiania, supporting members far beyond this one country in all over Estern Europe and also in Japan of course.